In its Sixteenth year, the Carolina Downhome Blues Festival continues to be a must-do weekend in Camden featuring legendary international talent. Over 4 days we have 41 performances at 16 different sites with 21 performers (solo, duo or group). We'll have blues for all tastes from classic soul to horn-driven funk to blues rock to the best of acoustic blues...and all points in between. Performances take place in a variety of intimate venues--both indoors and out--bringing you the best in blues artistry, up close and personal, the way it was meant to be experienced.

The festival is the first full weekend in October in Camden, SC - South Carolina's oldest inland
city, located 25 miles north of Columbia, SC on Interstate
20. Aside from the blues festival, visitors can enjoy antique
shops, historic homes, Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, equestrian
activities, and more. For tourist/hotel info, please visit
www.camden-sc.org.
Camden is easily accessable from Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Camden is also served by
Amtrak and Greyhound.

TRAVIS "MOONCHILD" HADDIX (Ohio)www.travishaddix.net
Soul/bluesmaster and his seven-piece blues orchestra make a rare appearance in our part of the world

WANDA JOHNSON & THE UPSTATE RHYTHM SECTION (South Carolina)www.wandaj.com
Perennial favorite Wanda Johnson is "the New Voice of South Carolina soul & blues", joined this time out by husband Conger Purcell on guitar and her Upstate band

No Smoking:
In compliance with the City of Camden's Smokefree Workplace Ordinance (effective September 27, 2008), the Carolina Downhome Blues Festival is proud to enforce a no smoking policy at all performance venues.